Berto Jongman: Breaking the Cycle of Counterinsurgency

Breaking the Cycle of Counterinsurgency It’s time to relegate the bankrupt counterinsurgency doctrine into the “dustbin of history.” By Hannah Gurman and Jeremy Kuzmarov, October 3, 2013 Foreign Policy in Focus, 3 October 2013 This September marked a potential turning point in America’s long and seemingly bottomless appetite for war. The Obama administration made a …

Penguin: All US Military Precision Systems Subject to Jamming & Misdirection — Is This the Real Reason Elective Attack on Syria Was Called Off?

SPEAKING FREELY Lost Cruise fears save Obama on Syria By Gregory Sinaisky Asia Times, 3 October 2013 Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Please click here if you are interested in contributing. US President Barack Obama’s reversal on the bombing of Syria took the world …

Marcus Aurelius: Shots Fired at Capital (Secret Service versus Capitol Police, Unarmed Woman in Car Killed)

The end of the beginning, the beginning of the end for these corrupt treasonous individuals in Congress and at the White House? Shots fired at Capitol A car chase that began when a driver tried to breach a White House security barrier ended near the U.S. Capitol, with a confrontation that included shots fired and …

Event: InfoWarCon 2014

Winn Schwartau Brings Back InfowarCon By: Anthony Kimery Homeland Security Today, 09/25/2013 A highly anticipated annual event for many years in the Washington, DC area, the InfowarCon conference is being resurrected by its founder, long-time cybersecurity authority, Winn Schwartau, who launched the event in 1994. Having recently re-acquired the successful conference after being encouraged to “notch …

Seena Sharp: Fishing for New Customers [Not Something the Traditional Intelligence Communities Have Ever Considered]

Fishing For New Customers Nearly every product or service has the potential to sell to multiple target audiences, but most companies focus only on their core customers. Isn’t it time to play the field a little? Back in the 1980s, Plano plastic tackle boxes were a must for fishing enthusiasts. When game show hostess Vanna …

John Maguire: MFMP the Linux of LENR/Cold Fusion

The Martin Fleischman Memorial Project (MFMP) is a modular, open source LENR/Cold Fusion commercialization project designed to rival the aspirations of proprietary LENR/CF corporations such as Leonardo (Rossi), Brillouine, and Defkalion. Lead researcher Tyler van Houwelingen calls the MFMP the “Linux of LENR”. Their Mission Statement:To make the biggest impact and overcome the hurdle of institutional bias …

Steve Aftergood: To Fix US Intelligence, Shrink It

TO FIX U.S. INTELLIGENCE, SHRINK IT? Criticism of U.S. intelligence takes many forms:  Intelligence agencies are too secretive, or they are too leaky.  They over-collect, or they under-perform.  Or all of these, and more besides. Many of the criticisms can be reduced to a single argument: The U.S. intelligence community has become too large to …